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I'm still anxious about what will happen next year for me. Considering I purchased the car when I was in a different state (Kentucky) from a dealer that was out of state (California) and now live in Ohio, I wonder if I should start talking to dealers now and developing that relationship? I'm assuming it doesn't matter who I complete the purchase through, but I also plan on buying my lease based on my track record and current attachment to the car. And I'm not going to get a G22 since they won't have a manual option. I also have a 30k lease, but i'll be teetering on 15k based on my current driving record.
I'm *hoping* my current dealer jumps in the mix so I can work with someone local. Although setting up the lease with the california dealer was not difficult at all. I just wouldn't mind getting a long term relationship set up now that I'll probably be here for the long haul. |
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I don't see keeping the car until the wheels come off though cuz I'm sort of gunning for a soccer mom SUV type deal lately. Just getting a little annoyed with having a trunk that basically fits nothing besides groceries and luggage, limited utility and totally minimal ground clearance where I have to almost come to a stop when I pull into a driveway or something for fear of scraping the front bumper skid pad. I give it 2 years. Another reason why I have no interest in extended warranties or any of that because I will prob get rid of it around 60-75k miles. Quote:
I do have a lease end pre-inspection on the 26th that I'm going to keep just to see exactly what they'd try to nail me for and kick some tires while I wait.
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08-22-2019, 11:18 PM | #25 |
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upon further research, I have decided against buying the car. Trade in value on this car right now is around $18000. If I bought, I would be buying it at $10k over that, not including tax. There is that plus the fact that I just need a little more utility in my life at this point. Little more storage, more ground clearance so I'm not scraping the shit out of the front bumper everytime I enter the slightest driveway at a supermarket parking lot, maybe something w/AWD. Looks like I'm leaning towards soccer mom territory.
Moral of story is listen to nothing I say The way I see it upon further number crunching, I would have to put about $10000 down on the car in order to have a payment similar to what my payment has been and in like 3 years, the car will be worth like 8 grand or something, then I'm paying money on maintenance and repairs. Just doesnt make sense unless I was going to keep it for like 10 years but thats impossible. So ive flip flopped again and I'll prob just lease an X1 M sport or something and call it a day. mo
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09-06-2019, 09:52 AM | #26 |
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I'm considering keeping my F31 and called BMWFS. At least for now, they are only offering a $800 Customer Purchase Promotion, a far cry from the $4k I heard some people are getting. I'm told it does vary month-to-month and by model as well.
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09-17-2019, 11:27 PM | #27 |
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Well, it is done. I bought the car today, well anyway, my credit union bought the car. BMWFS took $4k off the residual, I put $8k down, financed the rest w/my credit union for a point lower than the best rate BMW had going and that is that. Proud 'owner' - out of the lease game for a while. Prob do 4-5 years and take it to 100k miles and then get something else. Only way for it to be 'worth it'. All said and done by my math, figuring tax and everything, figuring what I paid on the front end to lease it + buyout, the car ended up costing right about what it would have cost to buy it new. Was $49k msrp, $42.5k selling price thereabouts..
Amusingly, the bank gets Blue Book on the car and I don't know where they get this because it washes out different from what I find on KBB.com or whatever but BB on my car came in at $24700. CPO regionally of my exact car are right around that range and private party is more like $22k. I was just happy to see that blue book is more than what I am financing. No good rolling in an upside ride, just in the event its totaled I mean. Got a year left of full warranty and maintenance and then, contrary AGAIN to what I have preached about extended warranties, I'll prob buy some extended warranty and maintenance package. Maybe not, who knows. Play'r by ear. So thats all folks. $4k is the current discount on MY2016 3'ers. I did it for 2 reasons: I didn't want to cut BMW a check for $2500 for mileage overage + tax + a few scratches on the rear bumper and (2) I love the car, I've put every mile on it, it looks and feels pretty close to new and oh yeah, (3) I didn't want the hassle of getting into something else and getting it to my liking. But financially, it isn't exactly the smartest thing I've ever done.
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10-13-2019, 02:10 PM | #29 |
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Still $800 as of Oct 1. Not surprising, the first MY2017s are hitting their lease-end now. My guess is as more 2017s start coming off lease, there will be better incentives.
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they aren't going to give you a sweet deal to have another car they can't sell on their lots |
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11-12-2019, 03:24 AM | #31 | |
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i had leased an exec demo '16 328i sport back in dec 2016 and remember laughing seeing that the residual was like 29k. nobody in 2020 is going to pay 30k for a 2016 328i, it was so obvious. was wondering what BMW was going to do once the time came and lo and behold they are having to severely discount them. they are absolutely great cars, loved mine while i had it, but they just don't hold their value. residual should have been like 50% and they were doing nearly 60% enjoy the car. if i hadn't got rid of the lease i would probably be buying mine for 25k next month. |
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12-02-2019, 10:21 AM | #32 |
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December 2019 promotion
Just got the payoff quote for my car and the Customer Purchase Promotion for my F31 is $4500 now! It was $800 last month.
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The registration is in BMWs name right now I assume they send you the title or they send the title to the bank if you’re financing so I guess it would be just like you bought the car from a dealer or a private party but any info would be appreciated Thanks Themush |
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12-02-2019, 01:42 PM | #36 | |
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I'm curious when I'll get a payoff quote. Lease is up next August and I'm getting kind of antsy. I know I'm going keep it, so hope it's a good deal. It doesn't seem like there's any room to negotiate any more. |
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Did they mail you something or was it just deducted from your pay off how did it work exactly |
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12-03-2019, 10:56 PM | #38 |
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It's just deducted from the payoff and part of the payoff letter they generate. Call BMWFS or try to generate a payoff letter from your online account.
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Bump. Any tips to get the best deal on a lease buyout? All of my dealer offers are to get me into a 2020 but I want to keep mine.
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07-16-2020, 02:09 PM | #40 |
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I called BMW FS directly and they offered me a $3k discount without me even asking. So I'm happy with that.
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Thanks for the advice!
Personally - I would be inclined to buy it at the end of the lease. Even if you can recredit the finance so you're basically just paying the same payment it's just as worth it IMO. |
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